Change-speed gear.



P. EVANS.

CHANGE SPEED GEAR.

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P 011W Ana. 17.1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Iballvoliomt'tmayeonm .lie it known thnt l, luwhu. Evax'ga citi-l zen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, lcniinylvauia, biive invented certiiin Improvements in Change-S eed (ieara, o! which the following i s a a I lation.

Une ob'ect ot iny invention is to provide ii relntii' y imple and etlleient change speed gear, especially designed for wie on antoinobileii, and havin? ite parte ao ai'rai an tu ineke possible tie opeiatioii of a riveli wliaft at any one o! 'aeveral forward iipeedii oi' a aiiigle reversa speed. I also deaire to no inoinit certain ot the guur wheels as to make poasible not only a compact arrangement of the vnrioiia iarta, biit alno to acciire mari mum atraiigdi siid reliabilit''` ol tha device under operative conditions. hese and other advantageous anda I aeciire aa hereinafter aet forth, reference bei had to the accompan ng drawings, in w ich:-

igura 1 ia a horizontal acction of my improved speed r, ahowing one arraii l, i a similar nt o rta' i view ot a all tlinoditing forni o! Vchange apecdrr, a so conatructed aecordingto iny llivan ou, and F 8, is a vertical aectioti tahn on the line La, Fi 2, further illnetra the construction o the device.

In above drawing, A repreaenta a eaaing constructed-to ineloee and carry the varloua parts compriaing my change apeed gear. It will be understood that this easing preferabl eonlailia of an ufppercgart. with a cover, an alower partm whl however, the former haa bien omitted inasmuch ar ita detail conatruction torina no part of the pundit invention. The ia provided with bearings a' and a', pm crably o! the anti-friction t wherein is mounted a tubular iihaft which, in the prearnt instance, haa fonned integral with it a platelilrc structure b for the support ot circular beveled racks or to. The said aha beyond unid plate etnictuie, in made in the formof an incloaiiig box b'in which is moiinted differential gearm whereby the tnbnlar shaft B inoperative y.

connected to the two parts'B' and B conditauti the wheel driving ahafta.' '[niaI incloaing b' ia made intwo neparrble nectinlia, aa iliuitrated, no an to permit ot accesi being had to the diere'ntial mechanism.

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pcctively inealiing with three beveled pinioini c, c. and c tliroi h which cxteiiihi the drivin shaft C, n'hi i it will be understood is irectly connectei to the motor nhatt. "or the support ot aaid ahatt C, I provide baaringii a' and u'; the latter being ot the anti-friction type and also de aiglned to aci'ie aa a thrnnt henriiig.

twillbenoted tliattliebeanngeiepro vided with a lini aleave c' and within this ia carried a lin rical extension c* of the gear c. t Thiaciatter in turn has in it a aleave c' within which operate! the shaft C.

By the naa of a bearing of the above conatruction I am enabled to 've ample aupb and b rea port to the pinion ahaft wi out havi any AC a seeve o' and outaide'of it a docnd sleeve c' u n which is mounted the pinion c. Said stier pinion, in the present in stance, haa formed integral with it a spur ear r and like 'the other rte o( m dev iii. made of ample len hpao aa to have necessary bearing an ace upon ita ahaft.

'lhe adjacent faces oi the two piniona e and c' arepmvided with internal teeth c iind c and between them there ia alidnbly' mounted npon the ahah C a toothed strooture d, which, however, is forced to turn with the aiiaft. It may, however, be moved into en gement with either of the neta oi interna teeth by the proper ninnipiilation of n collar d' alidiibly mounted iipon the, shaft C. This structure in operated b v means of longitudinally extending rotin, notshown in the prenant inntnnce, lint clearlyillimtrated in an a plicatior. for patent tiled by me on the lOt dav of May, 1906; Serial No. 816.086.

-Upontheverticnl fiice of the spiir gear c inuxisitethnt toward the pinion af, I provi e a cit-univr ecrire of tui-th fr? designed to member c mounted npon n sliding collar r' keyed to the .shaft (1' so nto liv compelled to .rotate therewith.

Parallel lo thc iilnift (l, l prin-iden third shaft F-iinppm'tod in lioni'in; 5- u' niid 1" iiiid having iipoii it two epm' geni" f ind f'. The finit of thm* lin :iiizn'lwd to it n onlinr f', and 'vi'liili` living vmiipvlh'd in tiirn with ia permanenti in mesh with a r gtlixfeid in any deaireil manner to the hat C ediaeent to the bearing a.

A reverse shaft G is rovided, parallel with the ahafta C and l', 'havin suitable bearinga in the caain, and earn upon it is a relatively l aeed pinion This inion ma he ma e to slide upon e shaft i into au out o! engagement with the two para e and f. t

For the pu of making the venous combinations o I provide three con trol roda It, It' an h', which extend into the easing and have mounted upon them erm: for operating the various apeed changing parte. The rod h, for example, carries the arm/.,whenbythelpnrgear/xnaybe moved into and out of engagement with the ser o while the rod It' mee the anu g' r ali ing the reverae pinion g into and out of meah with the apur gears o and f. Finally, the rod h' earriea anann d* en ging the collar d ao es tb move the t 'ed atructure d into and out. of engament with the eetl of internal teeth o" an `c o! the two beveled piniona c and o. The arm f',

in addition to being coinw'eted to the eoilsu' f for operating the l, is also deeigned to operete the movab e rtuteh member a; beingmadetoengagetheparte aoutobe capable of movin ment with the o".

With the above deaeribed arrangement of perte, it will be leen that inorder to net-,nre the loweet. forward speed the rod h is moved forwardly, thereby bringing the pour f into aant with the gear o. u u conneuen, power is transmitted from the Hhul't to the apur gears o" and f', shnft l", spur ra f and c' beveled pinion o, cimulnr rack la* to the lult and through the differential gearing to the wheel shafts 1l nud B. For the next faster speed the control rod It is moved to the reir, past the position of dieenngement. illustrated in Fig. l, so that the teeth of theolnteh member e eugupe tlm teeth o", end, au n comm tn-nre, )over is transmitted from the .shaft f., direct y w the @pur per c', and hence to the beveied pinion c and rack b. The shifting of the It' in a forward direction cannes tht` teeth of the structure d' to enr-u1u the internal teeth c of the gear c', t iereby diroctly eouplingit to the driving haft C so that power is-tranmnittul from this shaft to the lructuro d, the pinion c', ruck b' and hence to the two wheel Hhnfta It' und it. The movement of the control rod It in the opposite direotion brings tho toothed struc-- ture d into en agement with the internal teeth o", there y o ierntvoly 'coupling the inion a to the rack r. ln order to revente direction of motionof the wheel shafts, I

Vvided with internel teetlrc" and is desined the teeth e into engagelthence to geur f', huit l", pinion sensu more the control rod It' tothe rear ao as to bring the wide faced piniong into engagement with the two` spur ears f and c". lowrr is thus transmitted rom the shaft C through the pur geen c" und f', shnft l" xpur gear f, pinion y, upnr geur o", beveled geur e', and beveled ruolil b'.

ln that forni of my invention hown in- Fig. 2, i hAve modified the wnntruction by connecting to the bevel geur c: another spur peut' mounting this upon the extended eyindrn'nl portion upon which an: bio eurrned unid beve ed gear c und n por gwn' j', serv ing in thii.` instance ns the equivalenti of the sour geur c'. The beveled geur u: is proto cu'iln-rnte with e toothed :.trueture us in the euse ilhndrated in Fig. 1, when: n similiar device in ein loyed with the geur wheel a. The shaft l1,", um belote, carries u pur eur f u well u u pinion f', both con neet together and to theeollnrn(l so ns tu be lon itudinnlly ntovnble of thtl aft while lcompe ed to turn therewi h, while the heft il'` is vnnanently 'conuec .d-to the driven hait ,l by :nenne ofthe pur gear j; and the geur c". When, therefore, it in de'aired to secure the tit-st or lowest speed the two eure f und f are moved forwardl upon their snpportin nhuft by int-uns o thenrni f und the ro nur f" so ne to bring the pinion f into mmh with the geur j. lnumnueh as the beveled iinion e in ierniunently in mesh with the beveled ruck 1i, power in now transmitted from thu haft C to the enr uf, tilt l, und throu rh the beveled vpullout:2 to the ruck b. For tue second speed, the two ears l un-l j nm unwell bv means of the a oresnnl ul'nl nml collnr to the rear, so that thegeur is not nnbl out oi numb with the geur y, ult the gt-'nr f 'n.rlnougfbl into mesh with the geni' j thereby transmitting power from the shult l-` grunt f und tu the beteled pinion l: und .weird rnrk l, un before. For the third rpt-ed, the toothed strnrtnre d is moved foru'xmlly, un before, while the gears f und ur.- permitted to remain in their nrntrul positionx illustrated in Fi 2. The beveled pinion c in thus .operntivel' connected to tlv:

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shaft C through snid structure d end the inf pinion c und the trnnnveme shaft Ii, l nuke the whole nierhnnism :structurally allonger uml morr rigid than would be the cnsrwere it overhnrur, an is commonly the prnvtieo. Not only in tho Rlml't thus supported in un nlnplv und nnitubly pinned henring, but. ull of the beveled pinions, by the pocnliur ul"- 't shown, are allow ported in a niannerwhichee'idnatotheaatand moet eleient operation.

I elainn- 0 l. A transmision .gear including two inhalte inibitantially at f t rnglee to each other, a inralit ot be geare ea t on une ot' tie aha tx, beveled iniona on the other haft and meehiig 'it laid g-rf. a hearing for one o! the nhaftn placed tween one of the beveled intona and the whey shaft, one of said lieve pinion hav. ince an extension projecting toward aaid M r theft into the hearing, sind another pinion havinV an extension proieiu'ng in the opposite t irection a spur r mmm un mid latter extension devient lor oonneoting either o! the pinionai to their uhr-rt., with otlrs-r menne for connecting aand nr guar to tho shaft, nulntantially aa deucroed.

2. A change gear including two )diatta aubftantial y at right a ea to eadi other',v and a third shaft rail to ono of pid ahaha, a plural t o beveled iniona nnmntfxl hpnn one o ahaha, el uiality n( leveled gears ineeh'in respectively with aid piniona and mounte' on another ahah., a bearing between one of the beveled pinions and the latter shaft, laid latte.' inici. having n portion extendi 'into mii bearing and surrounding the iat, 5nd mother pinion also having an extended portion` with a third pinion mounted on eaid latter ex tended "fortiori, a spur gear connected to laid l pinioin' a devi-:e for connecting either o! Jie two tiret pinion with their shalt at will, another device fm' independentl eonnentirg the third pinion to the ha and a*earon the third aiaft movable to and out of engagement with the gear on the tiret rabatt., u nhrantially aa d+ noribed.

th'e pinionk, said pinionhaving. an 'extennrality ot beveled pininnl 4 deevea respectively between the tint and eeeond pinion and the almft, a third elee between the extennif-m of the tiret pinion and the hcarin and a fourth eieeve betten the wound am third pinione, anhatantially al deia'i'ibed.

4. A trannnimion gear includ' a diaft, a plurality ot bevel gaan moon thereon xnd fnczn the meiie li'li l;

ortie ia one' t geen vingen extenaion nnrrun the nhaft and projectin into the bearn, the next adjaelit im.: in: '.ilw Immh ving plelnentery not i o ani a en teeth in theirmln P their driving. i, a the nhatt, moana for moving the nid etnietnre to vanne its teeth to en er'dhel gaat the su pleinentary teeth o tht gear, wi n thi r mounted on the oxteneion of the gear, and mechanism capable 'ot operatively een .t laid third at vwill ao that it ie driven the ahaga'obtantially al deecribed.

3. A trananiininn gear incl e plurality of bevel gearo'inoun and fecin in the eamedirection, a bearing for the iaft, one of the. re having azi uxteimiun mirronnding/tlie uit and projecting into the beati the .next adjacent being also provid -with an extention, X nt seid geen havi palmm within im in t ieir y a toothed structure nonrotatably tothe shaft between the gum, and moana for moving unid idrutute into engagement with either of the eta of rupplementa: t teeth on' aid geen, with two een geen mounted on the extension n! the eeoond gear, milrtantirlly M described. t

In testimony whereof. Iv have signed my name tn4 thin npecicetion, in the ireeenoe of two mihecribing witneneea.

POWELL EVANS. Witnelaoe:

G. H. Soiiuwt, lJ. J. Jnoxnnii. 

